SHMUPS Picture Week VIII: Change your avatar, show yourself

[Twiddle]

I guess I should explain this to you in a more direct manner : A male body can continue functioning normally if the hormone levels are altered to be just like a woman's (an maintained at those levels). The opposite is also true (although I think the process is more difficult for women). What can lead to abnormal function, is if the hormone levels are left "somewhere in between", or extremely elevated/diminished in either or both directions (those are actual imbalances). This is likely to happen if hormones are consumed without medical supervision. The imbalance that you experienced and continually bring up is something quite different from what I'm going through and talking about.

I'm getting the impression that you refuse to really educate yourself on this specific subject, or even try to understand what I've been posting (I recommend reading my reply to undamned's post if you haven't done so), and if that's the case then I see no reason to continue replying to you on this subject.

Hey, look, the order of events makes perfect sense:

-taking estrogen?
-sudden increase in estrogen levels causing breast growth
-health problems that coincide with rise of estrogen levels
-taking bodybuilding steroids

[Sumez]

25? 21? 16?
Surely I can't be the only one in here rapidly approaching 30.

[The Expanding Man]

A male body can continue functioning normally if the hormone levels are altered to be just like a woman's (an maintained at those levels). The opposite is also true (although I think the process is more difficult for women). What can lead to abnormal function, is if the hormone levels are left "somewhere in between", or extremely elevated/diminished in either or both directions (those are actual imbalances). This is likely to happen if hormones are consumed without medical supervision. The imbalance that you experienced and continually bring up is something quite different from what I'm going through and talking about.

How do you explain hermaphrodites?

[saucykobold]

CIT looks a little like Philip Seymour Hoffman from that angle. I think Davey kind of resembles Raúl Ibañez.

[BPzeBanshee]

25? 21? 16?
Surely I can't be the only one in here rapidly approaching 30.

Honestly I thought everyone except for me (17) was like 40+. Oh, how wrong I was.

Me chatting up chicks at some business function:

Looks like that DJ chick out of Autotune the News. Can't be her though, too depressed.

I take it no one's noticed the random bloke at the back pulling a face?

[charlie chong]

no fapping unless you have a vaginea.i'll make an exception for cuilan tho cos he's that fruity i don't give a fuck

I tend to prefer women in the looks department, but as far as men go, you don't really look like my type. Maybe try growing your hair out and then we'll talk.

DAMN YOO DUNNED BROKED MY HART

[CIT]

CIT looks a little like Philip Seymour Hoffman from that angle.

Wha-!!?

[tinotormed]

http://twitpic.com/6ko8hd

A graduation photo from May '11 along with my GFs (not actually). Stay tuned! I might bring more flashback photos, that includes some of my pictures when I was in the crib.

[Sumez]

Just found a couple more from Facebook's gold mine:






Rocking the Scooter t-shirt and the misses


So much for the Tobey Maguire accusations, mwhahah!

[charlie chong]

my mum always said i had a knack for reading peoples minds

[Randorama]

I like the contrast between (platinum?) blonde hair and dark beard. I have a similar contrast, although my hair is darker (I think auburn).

Who else has the same "feature"?

[rancor]

Surely I can't be the only one in here rapidly approaching 30.

There are a few of us here over 30.. (slightly... )

[charlie chong]

most of the old school members who've been here since the early 2000s are definitely over 30. cave's recent surge in popularity has definitely brought in a lot of new young blood.

[Ruldra]

I tend to prefer women in the looks department, but as far as men go, you don't really look like my type. Maybe try growing your hair out and then we'll talk.

So Cuilan, who's the hottest guy in this thread?

I'm curious, what's this?

[MX7]

All the talk of age has made me realise I was 19 when I first started browsing this forum, 20 when I joined, and now I'm 25... What's happened to my precious youth

[Deca]

Honestly I thought everyone except for me (17) was like 40+. Oh, how wrong I was.

23 here

[Drachenherz]

I'm by no means an oldschooler, but biologically, I am 35...

And to those who lament their ongoing age and so called "lost youth" bla bla bla:

To grow old is inevitable.
To grow up is optional.



Edit: And to deliver more pics and to stfu, here's one with me and the soon-to-be missus (I'm getting married on friday... *yay*):

[Skykid]

Still feel 20 and my girlfriend still looks 16.

[Randorama]

I am curious?

Ok, explanation is here

More on this topic here

Other moment of stress relief at (previous) work.

[Randorama]

I hit 30 on the 24th of last month. No big deal. Still feel 19 forever! [EDIT BY RANDORAMA]

We all do

[undamned]

Surely I can't be the only one in here rapidly approaching 30.

There are a few of us here over 30.. (slightly... )

That's where Jon, greg, specineff, and I hang

I am curious?

Ok, explanation is here

More on this topic here

Skimmed the wiki. What is a real world application for such a thing?
-ud

[Randorama]

Skimmed the wiki. What is a real world application for such a thing?
-ud

The perfect engineer's question

This stuff is used in Formal Concept Analysis, which is used in various disciplines for data structures of various forms and shapes. Technically speaking, any network can be mathematically represented as a lattice, power-sets are the most "regular" structures. Some references in the link discuss applications.

In my own field (Linguistics), very basic uses of lattices allow to represent the interpretation of singular and plural terms (e.g. boy vs boys[/i]). This is particularly useful for theories of pronoun resolution, especially in NLP, but there are various other application. The golden rule is that a mathematically precise and simple theory of Language means a simple implementation for Language-based software and applications (say, parsers that don't take forever to parse sentences, get agreement phenomena right, etc.).

[Twiddle]

That's where Jon, greg, specineff, and I hang

And with the sole exception of Jon, evidently not any wiser for it.

[emphatic]

I'm 37. Deal with it.

[burgerkingdiamond]

I'm 37. Deal with it.

OUCH. I'm sorry to hear that...

Just kidding man. I'm sure that everyone on here lives by that saying that Drachenherz posted about getting old but not growing up.

[sven666]

hehe that cit picture has potential!

[greg]

That's where Jon, greg, specineff, and I hang

And with the sole exception of Jon, evidently not any wiser for it.

You're one to talk, Twattle. You certainly aren't the rock-solid bastion of maturity yourself.

[Twiddle]

That's where Jon, greg, specineff, and I hang

And with the sole exception of Jon, evidently not any wiser for it.

You're one to talk, Twattle. You certainly aren't the rock-solid bastion of maturity yourself.

Pretending to be is worse in just about every respect.

And you still have that New Age medicine to shill for.

[Skykid]

hehe that cit picture has potential!

Ha ha ha!

Let me have a go.

[Cuilan]

How do you explain hermaphrodites?

I didn't mention them since I'm not that familiar with the condition. Since they usually have both sets of sex organs, I'd assume that their hormone levels are also "somewhere in between" by default. If they can live healthy lives that way without choosing one sex over the other, then I think that would further disprove what greg has been saying.